Events set for Creo opening

Creo, the restaurant replacing Mangia at Stuyvesant Plaza in Guilderland, will open for regular service during the week of Oct. 20. Dining reservations will be accepted after Oct. 16. Check out the Web site; go here for background on how Andrew Plummer and Paul McCullough, respectively the founding chef and manager of the high-end McGuire’s in Albany, were lured to the suburbs by White Management, owners of Bountiful Bread and the Butcher Block, among other properties.

A sneak-preview benefit event called A Taste of Creo will take place from 5 to 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 15. All proceeds from the evening, which is open to the public at $50 per person, will go to The Children’s Hospital at Albany Medical Center. Tickets are limited and may not be available at the door on the night of the event, depending on attendance and advance reservations; to guarantee a spot for the benefit only, call 482-8000 or e-mail creoevent@aol.com.